The Japanese Spiritual Worldview

Introduction

A reverence for simplicity, for nature, for the passing of things — where does the Japanese spirit come from? A white paper that traces two thousand years of underground streams, from the source to the present day.

Contents

1. PrologueNature, Where the Gods Dwell→
2. Chapter OneBuddhism Arrives — An Encounter with Thought from Abroad→
3. Chapter TwoZen — Simplicity and Intuition→
4. Chapter ThreeBushidō — The Ethics of Death and Honour→
5. Chapter FourThe Way of Tea — Hospitality and Wabi→
6. Chapter FiveMa, Mu, and the Beauty of Emptiness→
7. Chapter SixImpermanence and the Constant-in-Change — A Philosophy of Passing→
8. EpilogueToward the Present — What the World Seeks Now→